Lady Blue (song)

"Lady Blue"
"Lady Blue"
Single by Leon Russell
from the album Will O' the Wisp
B-side	"Laying Right Here in Heaven"
Released	January 1, 1975
Genre	Blue-eyed soul
Length	3:31
Label	Shelter
Songwriter(s)	Leon Russell
Producer(s)	Denny Cordell ; Leon Russell
Leon Russell singles chronology

"Lady Blue" is the 1975 hit love song by singer–songwriter Leon Russell. It was a track on his LP album, Will O' the Wisp.

The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 1, 1975.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The song featured a saxophone solo in the instrumental section.

The first live play of the song in a concert was by George Benson on September 30, 1977, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. His studio version reached #39 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1978. Edgar Winter and Leon Russell performed Lady Blue live on July 28, 1987, at Hunts in Burlington, Vermont.^[5]^[6]

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles	44
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14

References

^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 43. ISBN 031214704X.
^ Lady Blue - Leon Russell | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-29
^ "US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 1st November, 1975". Top40Weekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ "Lady Blue by Leon Russell Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ "Leon Russell | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". www.rockhall.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

External links

YouTube, Leon Russell, Lady Blue 1975

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[Breithaupt_1996-1] Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 43. ISBN 031214704X.

[2] Lady Blue - Leon Russell | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-29

[3] "US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 1st November, 1975". Top40Weekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[4] "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[5] "Lady Blue by Leon Russell Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[6] "Leon Russell | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". www.rockhall.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

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